Internet-Draft S. Ginoza
Category: Informational AMS
September 2013
List of Internet Official Protocol Standards:
Replaced by an Online Database
draft-rfced-rfcxx00-retired-05
Abstract
At one time, the RFC Editor published snapshots of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards". These documents were known as xx00
documents, the last of which was published in May 2008. These
snapshots have been replaced by an online database. The RFC Editor
provides an up-to-date list on the RFC Editor website and will no
longer be publishing these snapshots as RFCs.
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Ginoza Informational [Page 1]Internet-Draft Official Protocol Standards September 20131. Introduction
[RFC1083], published in December 1988, was the first document
published in the RFC series that detailed a "list of documents that
define the standards for the Internet protocol suite" and any ongoing
experiments. Snapshots were published from time to time. [RFC1280]
was the first of these publications to be published as STD 1.
Starting with [RFC2200], RFC numbers ending with 00 were reserved for
snapshots of the Official Protocol Standards. [RFC5000], published
in May 2008, was the last snapshot documented in an RFC. This
document notes that the xx00 documents are being replaced by the
online resource provided by the RFC Editor, and the tradition of
publishing snapshots is being discontinued. RFC numbers typically
reserved for these documents (i.e., those numbers ending with 00)
will be available for assignment to other RFCs-to-be.
2. Online List of Official Internet Protocol Standards
In the past, publishing a snapshot of the current list of Standards
Track and Experimental documents was helpful to the Internet
community, as the information was not available otherwise. In 1996,
[RFC2026] documented the IETF's desire for the periodic publication
of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards". However, in 2000, the
RFC Editor produced an online list that is dynamically updated and
available to individuals with access to the public Internet [STDS-
TRK]. As the list has been online for over 10 years, and the IETF
has indicated that they no longer see a need for the snapshot
document to be maintained [RETIRE-STD1], the official list of
Standards Track and Experimental documents will now provided by the
online list.
3. STD 1
STD 1 has been in an abnormal state since RFC 5000 was published.
After consultation with the IAB, RFC 5000 was published as an
Informational document, but it was still identified as STD 1 in the
document header. The status was listed as Informational, because the
document does not describe an implementable Standard. However, it
was associated with STD 1 to keep the document consistent with its
historic connection to the subseries identifier.
The IETF has decided to move RFC 5000 (and therefore STD 1) to
Historic status [RETIRE-STD1]. Marking STD 1 as Historic will result
in identifier STD 1 not being available for future use.
Ginoza Informational [Page 2]Internet-Draft Official Protocol Standards September 20134. Cleaning Up RFC Editor Data
As part of the cleanup related to ending the series of RFC xx00